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== Howto Upgrade the wiki == | == Howto Upgrade the wiki == | ||
| − | These are the steps I used. | + | These are the steps I used. Replace version numbers where appropriate. |
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== Structure of mediawiki folders == | == Structure of mediawiki folders == | ||
| − | * | + | * in the web root, there are a number of mediawiki versions. For non-major updates (1.22.x to 1.23.x) the databases are generally compatable. So if an update goes wrong, change the mediawiki symlink back to the older version. |
| − | * | + | * 3rd party extensions are not stored in mediawiki/extensions like the docs suggest, but instead as a neighbor to the mediawiki folder. |
| − | * | + | * LocalSettings.php is also a neighbor, and is symlinked into each mediawiki folder. |
| − | * | + | * Any item in the cache folder is considered expired if it is older than the modified time of the LocalSettings.php file. <code>sudo touch LocalSettings.php<code> to expire the cache. |
Latest revision as of 05:00, 21 July 2014
Howto Upgrade the wiki
These are the steps I used. Replace version numbers where appropriate.
ssh [email protected] cd /srv/http/wiki.pumpingstationone.org curl http://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.23/mediawiki-1.23.1.tar.gz | sudo tar -xvzf cd mediawiki-1.23.1 sudo ln -sf ../LocalSettings.php ./ cd .. sudo unlink mediawiki sudo ln -sf mediawiki-1.23.1 mediawiki sudo touch LocalSettings.php cd mediawiki php maintenance/update.php sudo systemctl restart php-fpm
Go to https://wiki.pumpingstationone.org and make sure everything looks ok.
Structure of mediawiki folders
- in the web root, there are a number of mediawiki versions. For non-major updates (1.22.x to 1.23.x) the databases are generally compatable. So if an update goes wrong, change the mediawiki symlink back to the older version.
- 3rd party extensions are not stored in mediawiki/extensions like the docs suggest, but instead as a neighbor to the mediawiki folder.
- LocalSettings.php is also a neighbor, and is symlinked into each mediawiki folder.
- Any item in the cache folder is considered expired if it is older than the modified time of the LocalSettings.php file.
sudo touch LocalSettings.phpto expire the cache.